My blog is fixed!

My blog was being hijacked-kind of, but it is now fixed! Hurray!!!! I went to the help forum, and posted a question about this. Everytime somebody tried to access my blog, they were redirected to another site. Well, the problem was my real-time counter gadget that I added a few months ago. So if you are having issues with your blogs being redirected to another site, remove your most recently added gadget.
Anyway, you can read my posts now without being taken to a different site.
Aside from fixing my blog today, I have accomplished...well, not much :) Laundry, working out, fixing breakfast and lunch for little guy, showering-ok, that is a lot for me! This is especially true when I am working on one project and find this in the kitchen...

Aside from playing in the kitchen cabinets, Weston has been fascinated with his toy that he got at christmas from Gma and Gpa Snyder-unfortunately, it plays music really loud and he has learned how to turn the music on...oh boy...

And when we are not playing but eating, Weston entertains himself by feeding the dog from the highchair when mommy and daddy aren't looking. And when we are looking, the dog takes the liberty of feeding himself from the food that Weston drops, not on the floor, but in his chair....


How could i let the dog do this...well, it was funny and it kept me from having one more chore :)

Spring!!!

I love the weather! the snow is melting and the sun is shining! I feel like I'm in paradise...ok, not really, but I am so excited that the weather is turning from nasty snow, wind, grossness to wonderful sunny warm spring!
We get to play outside without layers and worry of frostbite. The only downside is the mud, but i'll take the mud over the alternative.
Spring also brings about other celebrations in the clark/snyder household, such celebrations as Weston's 1 year birthday!

I know, it can't be, but it is. Weston will be 1 in one month. I can't believe he is going to be turning one in a few more weeks. It makes my heart so glad, but also, I am very emotional about this time because he is no longer my baby, he is my little boy who is walking, throwing, solid-food eating, milkshake-weaning, almost talking and tantrum throwing sweet heart. How can he be growing up so fast :(
I love you my little man, even when you drive me crazy :)
So what are we doing for the big birthday bash? Well, we were thinking of travelling to an exotic destination and flying all our friends and family to join us on our private jet. Unfortunately, the jet is having some mechanical issues, so we have decided to stay home and enjoy some cake and ice cream-perhaps an ice cream cake from dairy queen...mmmmm.
I still don't know what to get my little man for his big day. Chad wants to just get a bunch of card board boxes, which in all reality would be just fine because weston really enjoys playing in them, however, I can't bring myself to that. What will happen when Weston is getting pictures around for his graduation party in 17 years. (ok, i'll be doing this, but just for the sake of argument...) He will notice that mom and dad were too cheap to buy him real presents and instead they opted to go to wal-mart and retrieve all of their free boxes.
Needless to say, i am going to get something for my darling...but I just need to figure out what. Any suggestions?

Fun Fun Fun

As I am sitting here-originally catching up on family/friend blogs, I am laughing at my son-but i must preface this before going on so you will understand. I don't want people to think i'm a messy person :)
I decided to wash the diaper bag yesterday b/c it was DISgusting. it hasn't been washed EVER. and trust me, if you have a diaper bag and child and/or children, then you know how disgusting these bags can get. Anyway, I emptied the bag onto the couch and thought I was being so smart to organize everything so i could put it right back in the bag after it dried. HA.
Now, onto the story of why I am laughing which I am sure you have already figured it out. Weston is so gently (NOT) pulling things off the couch and throwing them behind him. It is hilarious b/c he looks at me and laughs almost after every thing that he throws off the couch. And now, he is chewing on a plastic spoon that he found-still in the wraper from Wendy's. He is absolutely adorable. And now the chapstick has caught his attention. I absolutely love love love my little guy, even when he's a stinker! He is just too fun! if i had my camera by me, i would take a pic for you, but then he would get distracted and stop being so cute...ok, he would still be cute, but he wouldn't stay where he is.
Another thing, he's getting 2 more teeth-making a total of 6. OUCH
Last but not least-do you remember the post I wrote about the little guy not sleeping? well, we had some trying nights, and now the little guy is sleeping again without me. Sleeping so well in fact that he fell asleep last night in grandpa's arms around 7-Bedtime isn't until 8. So I went ahead and took him downstairs and put him to bed without his milkshake and guess what time he slept til? 9:30. That's right...14 straight hours of hard core sleeping. What a good little boy. Have i mentioned how much i love the little guy who is now standing right beside me grinning and spitting and growling?

Joshua Levan

Please pray for the Levan family as today, they have both welcomed and said goodbye to their dear little boy Joshua Levan. Here is their story:
www.jonandkristinlevan.blogspot.com
How my heart aches for them right now.

Teeth and Hair...

So last night was AWFUL. I felt like i had a newborn all over again, except for a lot louder screaming! We put Weston to bed around 8pm-which is his normal bedtime and he goes down just fine, mostly. Well last night, he just screamed and screamed and screamed. This was puke inducing screaming. After laying him back down several times and changing him b/c he had puked on himself from screaming, I decided to just hold him and try to get him to sleep. That didn't work, he kept screaming. So dad came down and took him, what a sacrifice :) Dad eats it up when he gets to be the one to calm the screamer. Dad help him for a few hours and put the screamer to bed around 10pm. He was sleeping!!! Hurray!
Come 1am-SCREAMING again. So i went in there and laid down with him. He fell asleep and I went to put him to bed and he started screaming again. This time, he was practically hyperventilating. We went upstairs and I thought he was going to wake the entire neighborhood. i gave him motrin and then laid down with him again and stayed in bed with him until 7 am. Then i went to my bed for an hour.
When we did get up this morning, i put my finger in the screamer's mouth and felt a sharp little point-AH HA! No wonder. Why in the middle of the night did I not check his mouth? I was so frustrated with the little guy b/c of all nights, he had to do it on the one when we actually needed to sleep b/c we had plans in the morning? I was to the point of breaking last night when he wouldn't quit screaming even while I walked him. Poor poor guy. He's stuck with a non-understanding mommy who gets angry and frustrated at her little guy for being in pain. It just makes you feel horrible.
Well, he is now napping and has been for about an hour and a half, so this is kind of nice :)
On the way home from my Mom's group, I decided to stop and get my hair cut b/c I am going out of town this weekend and would like to not look so shaggy. I didn't want to drive to Columbus and pay extra money to get my hair done at the salon that I got it done at before. Then,I only had to pay $6 for highlights and a cut b/c a girl needed to have hair models. Well, I told myself I wouldn't go back b/c it was too expensive (i could only get that deal once...rats!) and it was too far to drive. Well, there is a salon nearby that I stopped at. I didn't want to go to a chain place b/c I have had bad experiences there. I probably shouldn't have done that. My hair is uneven, chopped and she cut bangs-not sweeping bangs like i had before...shorter bangs. It doesn't look good at all! She cut it dry-didn't even wet it down at all...so there are areas where the hair is obviously longer.
I am going to have chad look at it and see if i am over-reacting. If not, I am going to call the salon and see if i can get in either tonight or tomorrow. if not, we'll just have to wait it out.
Good grief...I think it is nap time.

Family Update

Sorry for my laziness. I've been wanting to post for a while now, but haven't quite had the umph to do it. So now I'm going to. Don't be surprised if this is a short post. Weston has made some strides lately-literally. Our little guy is starting to WALK! Of course this takes some encouragment from the peanut gallery, but he can take about 5 or 6 steps in a row before being overcome with excitement that he falls over. Here is a video of our little guy going! Please ignore my annoying voice :(

There are some other videos but I'm too embarrased of the audio that I won't put them up :( He has only taken a few steps without us encouraging him, so it probably wont be too long before he is going strong. I am so excited for Weston, but I am also saddened because my little guy is growing up. I miss my baby, but I love my little boy so much. He is getting so big and growing so fast. These days are fleeting and it tears my heart to pieces.
Here are some other pics of Weston for your viewing pleasure:

The dog is very patient...


Getting ready to go out in the cold-he loves his goggles :)


Me? I didn't eat any cake...I don't know what you're talking about

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